US journalist's closed trial for espionage set to begin in Russia, with a conviction all but certain
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024, behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich speaks with his lawyers in a court in Moscow, Russia, on April 23, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024, behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo/Alexander Melnichenko, File)FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, visits the Uralvagonzavod factory in Nizhny Tagil, Russia, on Feb. 15, 2024. The Russian Prosecutor General's office said Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is accused of gathering secret information on orders from the CIA about Uralvagonzavod that produces and repairs tanks and other military equipment. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (Ramil Sitdikov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S President Joe Biden shake hands in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 16, 2021. Biden may feel an incentive to secure Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's release because of boasts by former President Donald Trump, who is his main challenger in this year's election, that he can easily get the journalist freed. The Kremlin says it has not been in touch with Trump. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)FILE - In this July 16, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands in Helsinki, Finland. President Joe Biden may feel an incentive to secure Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's release because of boasts by Trump, who is his main challenger in this year's election, that he can easily get the journalist freed. The Kremlin says it has not been in touch with Trump. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)FILE - A billboard calling for the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is seen in New Yorks Times square on the first anniversary of his jailing in Russia, on March. 29, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024, behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)The Sverdlovsky regional court is seen while Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich attends a court session in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024, behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)Journalists enter a courtroom to take photos and videos of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich prior to hearing in a court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024, behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, center, stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024, behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, right, is escorted from court in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024, behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)The Sverdlovsky regional court is seen while Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich attends a court session in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024, behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Fifteen months after he was arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg on espionage charges, Gershkovich returns there for his trial starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024, behind closed doors. Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government deny the charges. (AP Photo)
